Since Cardinal Joseph Cardijn himself died on July 24, 1967 it is appropriate for both a retrospective and prospective look at the Cardijn legacy in the Americas fifty years after his death. Thus, the conference aims to explore:
a) The history of the Jocist movements in the USA in particular and the Americas in general.
b) The academic relevance of the Cardijn legacy in local parish life and in a Catholic higher educational context.
c) The workshopping of Cardijn’s method to help Catholic educators, campus ministers, pastoral associates, and lay organization leadership facilitate the discussion and understanding of political, economic, and sociocultural issues in local contexts.